THE ZALV DIARIES

at the same time as the cuts accrued, the inventory remained stuck. This posed a more personal trouble for Zaslav: His spend was closely tied to W.B.D.’s share cost. His 2021 whole compensation was a staggering $246.six million. But since the inventory crashed in 2022, so did Zaslav’s compensation, slipping to $39.3 million. He was slashing and